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by kbutler 2621 days ago
...or exist in history, but their position changed because it was politically unpopular.

Sierra Club 1989: "Immigration to the United States should be no greater than that which will permit achievement of population stabilization in the United States...since it is the fact of increasing numbers that affects population growth and ultimately, the quality of the environment."

Through the 90s and 2000s, there have been heated (and close) votes on immigration policy.

https://cis.org/Sussis/Brief-Chronology-Sierra-Clubs-Retreat...